Type 3 Niobium vs. AISI 384 Stainless Steel
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 384 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 3 niobium and the bottom bar is AISI 384 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 60.9 to 68 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 98.6 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |